Sales Representative - Wine and Spirits - Steamboat Springs, CO

Empire Distributors, Inc.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 35,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Life insurance

Aflac plans

Legal plans

Job summary

Empire Distributors, Inc. is seeking a Sales Representative in Denver, CO. You will prospect and call on customers to solicit orders, manage accounts, and coordinate product promotions across a defined territory.

The role emphasizes relationship building, meeting sales goals, and delivering exceptional customer service with standard business tools (SAP, Excel, PowerPoint). This position involves travel within the assigned territory.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent OR 6 months–1 year related experience.
• Valid driver license required.

Responsibilities

• Compiles lists of prospective customers for use as sales leads.
• Prepares regular planning and goals, including reports of business transactions and maintaining a customer management profile.
• Maintains existing accounts and provides customer service following the company standards.
• Travels throughout territory to call on customers to solicit orders and discuss needs by phone or in person.
• Maintains minimum number of sales calls as determined by Management.
• Displays product using POS items and emphasizes salable features.
• Estimates delivery dates based on schedules.
• Coordinates with Administrative and Operations teams to ensure best service.
• Manages customer training and product promotions.
• Develops and maintains relationships with purchasing contacts.

Skills

Sales

Customer service

Territory management

Communication

Education

Associate degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Excel

Microsoft Word

Internet Explorer

Outlook

PowerPoint

Job description

Starting Pay: Commission Based (cell phone and auto stipend provided)

Empire Distributors Inc, A Leading Beverage Distributor is now hiring a Sales Representative. Our company offers competitive wages, potential growth opportunities, and excellent benefits that include, but aren't limited to health care, retirement benefits, paid time off, company paid life insurances, and supplemental Aflac and legal plans.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Compiles lists of prospective customers for use as sales leads, based on information from newspapers, business directories, industry ads, trade shows, Internet Web sites, and other sources.
• Prepares regular planning and goals, as assigned by Supervisor. Including but not limited to reports of business transactions and maintaining a customer management profile.
• Maintains existing accounts and provides customer service in accordance with the Company's customer service philosophy and standards.
• Travels throughout assigned territory to call on regular and prospective customers to solicit orders, or talks with customers at place of business or by phone.
• Sustains the minimum number of sales calls as determined by Management.
• Displays product, using various Point of Sale items and emphasizes salable features.
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• Estimates date of delivery to customer, based on knowledge of delivery schedules.
• Collaborates with Administrative and Operations teammates to assure the best service is provided to customers.
• Coordinates customer training and product promotions.
• Develops and maintains relationships with purchasing contacts.
• Investigates and resolves customer issues around deliveries, billing and all other aspects of customer service.
• Attends regularly schedules sales meetings, seminars, trade shows and special events to represent the Company and its brands.

Education and/or Experience

• Associate degree or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Valid Driver License
• Automobile Insurance - 100/300/50 minimum limits of liability

Computer Skills

• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of SAP Business software, Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet software; Microsoft Word Processing software; Explorer Internet software; Microsoft Outlook and PowerPoint.

Empire is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace. We are committed to ensuring that all employment decisions are made on the basis of qualification, merit, and business need; without regard to race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disabilities, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.